Name | Spanker (1856) | Explanation | |
Type | Gunboat | ||
Launched | 22 March 1856 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Screw | ||
Builders measure | 232 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 4 | ||
Fate | 1874 | ||
Class | Albacore | ||
Ships book | ADM 135/439 | ||
Note | |||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
19 March 1856 - 10 September 1856 | Commanded (until paying off at Sheerness) by Lieutenant commander George Stanley Bosanquet | ||
1 March 1858 | Commanded by Lieutenant commander Alfred John Chatfield, tender to Cornwallis, the Humber |